A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



A portion of KELLAMERGH, afterwards described 

 as a moiety of the manor, 8 came before 1246 into the 

 possession of the family of Ulnes Walton, 9 and was to- 

 gether with their principal manor purchased by Henry 

 Earl of Lancaster in I347. 10 It descended with the 

 duchy till 1551, being then sold to Anthony Browne. 11 

 This moiety also has disappeared from the records. 11 



Bryning is found as a surname, and Kellamergh 

 also gave a surname to a local family or families, 13 ' 1 

 among whom were benefactors of Lytham Priory. 16 

 Another family of long continuance was that of 



Sharpies. 16 John Bradley 17 of Bryning was a free- 

 holder in i6oo. 18 James Bradley, his successor, 19 was 

 repeatedly fined for recusancy ; his eldest son Edward 

 was killed at Marston Moor, fighting on the king's 

 side, and a younger son, Richard, born in 1605, 

 became a Jesuit priest. Labouring in Lancashire in 

 dangerous times he was arrested by the Parliamentary 

 soldiers and imprisoned at Manchester, dying there 

 before his trial on 30 January 1645-6.* Part of the 

 estate was sequestered for ' delinquency only ' under 

 the Commonwealth." A pedigree was recorded in 



gates on Freckleton Marsh ; ibid. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 364, m. 98. 



In 1805 George Cowban, Robert Leach 

 and their wives had the manor or reputed 

 manor ; ibid. August Assizes, 45 Geo. Ill 

 (fines). 



8 From what has been stated, it must 

 have been part of the Stockport share. 



9 Warine de Walton, as shown later, 

 warranted in that year ; Assize R. 404, 

 m. 10 ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 194. The story is given in 

 detail in the accounts of Ulnes Walton, 

 Leyland, and Eccleston in Leyland. In 

 the fines the estate is called 301. rent,' 

 but as above stated Thurstan de North- 

 legh held 4 oxgangs of land in Kella- 

 mergh in 1 324. This was half the manor. 



10 Ibid, ii, 124 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. i, no. 51. 



In 1403 Adam Hogeson of Kellamergh 

 died holding a messuage and an oxgang 

 of land and meadow (12 acres in all) 

 of the king (as of 'his duchy) of the 

 manor of Ulnes Walton by knight's 

 service and a rent of <$d. Thomas, the 

 son and heir, was six years of age ; 

 Towneley MS. DD, no. 1508. Thomas 

 seems to have died soon afterwards, for 

 in 1405 the wardship and marriage of 

 Roger son and heir of Adam Hogeson 

 were granted to John Fleetwood ; Dep. 

 Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 532. 



11 Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xxiii, 

 70 d. 



u In 1558 there was a settlement or 

 partition of the manors of Ulnes Walton 

 and Kellamergh, &c. ; half was to belong 

 to Anthony Browne and Joan his wife 

 and half to William Farington ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 20, m. 4. Four 

 years later the Earl of Derby obtained 

 one moiety of them from Sir Thomas 

 Gerard and Elizabeth his wife, who gave 

 warranty against Anthony Browne ; ibid, 

 bdle. 24, m. 78. He also obtained the 

 reversion of Farington's moiety ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 289, m. 19. This part of the 

 manor descended to Ferdinando, the fifth 

 earl ; ibid. It may have been repurchased 

 by the Faringtons, for in 1675 George 

 Farington held the manors of Ulnes 

 Walton and Kellamergh ; ibid. Feet of 

 F. bdle. 194, m. 102. 



13.14 William son of Ughtred claimed 

 by inheritance in 1246 ij oxgangs of 

 land in Kellamergh against Robert son of 

 Ughtredp but did not prosecute ; Assize 

 R. 404, m. 1 3 d. At the same time 

 Margaret daughter of Siward de Kella- 

 mergh .claimed the third part of an 

 oxgang i of land against Thomas de 

 Beethani and another third against 

 Jordan son of Quenilda. Thomas stated 

 that he held in right of his wife 

 Amiria, and had a son Ralph. Jordan 

 summonejd Warine de Walton to warrant 

 him, and Warine in turn called Richard 

 Banastre, who called Robert de Stock- 

 port, Roger Gernet and Quenilda his 



wife and Ralph son of the said Amiria. 

 These appeared accordingly and stated 

 that the land was the villeinage of Hugh 

 de Morteyn, and that plaintiff's father 

 had held his 2 oxgangs of him by 

 villeinage ; they alleged further that 

 Kellamergh was a member of Singleton, 

 part of the king's demesne, where such 

 a writ did not run ; ibid. m. 10. 



Richard son of Gilbert de Kellamergh 

 was defendant in 1292 and 1294 ; Assize 

 R. 408, m. 57; 1299, m. 16, 18. 

 John son of William son of Jordan de 

 Kellamergh in 1347 put forward a claim 

 to land in the place against John de 

 Bradkirk, Robert de Newton, vicar of 

 Kirkham, and John son of William le 

 Wower of Kellamergh. The last-named 

 John said that his father William had 

 had a grant of the land in 1318 from 

 plaintiff's father, and so prevailed ; Assize 

 R. 1435, m. 43. 



15 Robert de Kellamergh (son of 

 Richard) about 1240 granted the monks 

 two butts, lying between land of his 

 brother Richard with easements in the 

 vill of Kellamergh ; Lytham Charters at 

 Durham, 2 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 14. 

 Robert the son of Robert afterwards gave 

 a release ; ibid. no. 1 5. 



The above-named Richard son of 

 Richard de Kellamergh also gave land, 

 and the gift was confirmed by his son 

 William; ibid. no. 17, 18. The same 

 Richard gave his daughter Eda, on her 

 marriage with Robert son of John the 

 Salwaller (or Sauner), a ' land ' in Kella- 

 mergh near the ' land ' of the little tower 

 (turrelli), on the Wallfurlong; ibid. no. 16. 

 It is noteworthy that a William 'del 

 Castell ' contributed to the subsidy of 

 1332 ; Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), 60. John father of the 

 bridegroom promised to compensate the 

 monks out of his oxgang of land in 

 Warton should Eda reclaim the land her 

 father Richard had given ; Lytham 

 Charters, ut sup. no. 22. The brothers 

 Richard and Robert also gave and con- 

 firmed various parcels of land to the 

 monks; ibid.no. 19. 



A grant by Beatrice daughter of Adam 

 de Kellamergh and Clarice to the monks 

 is noticeable as having been attested by 

 the lords of the place Robert de Stock- 

 port, Roger Gernet and Thomas de 

 Beetham among others ; ibid. no. 22. 

 It may be added that Robert de Stock- 

 port (about 1230) released to the monks 

 Simon de Kellamergh, with all his off- 

 spring and chattels ; ibid. no. 26. Adam 

 Banastre also released to them the homage 

 of Robert son of Richard de Kellamergh ; 

 ibid. no. 27. 



16 In 1251 Godith widow of William 

 de ' Kelkemath ' claimed dower in Kella- 

 mergh against Henry de Sharpies, Gilbert 

 son of Roger de Freckleton and William 

 son of Richard ; Curia Regis R. 145, m. i, 



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1 60 



John the son and Maud the widow of 

 Henry de Sharpies were defendants in 

 1292 to claims to land made by the 

 granddaughters and heirs of William son 

 of Henry de Kellamergh viz. Ellen wife 

 of Roger son of Avice de Preston, Mar- 

 gery wife of Richard de Tulketh, Eve 

 wife of Adam son of Margery and Cecily 

 wife of Robert de Ribbleton ; Assize R. 

 408, m. 70 d. 



In 1346 John son of William de Kella- 

 mergh and Adam de Sharpies seized a 

 number of cattle grazing on their common 

 of Corcolcar. The owner of the cattle, 

 William the Palfreyman of Lytham, 

 asserted that they were feeding on Hest- 

 holme Carr in Lytham ; De Banco R. 348, 

 m. 242. 



Roger Kellamergh in 1444 complained 

 that John Sharpies and others had been 

 breaking his close ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 

 6, m. 6. 



Thomas Sharpies died in 1527 holding 

 a messuage, &c., in Kellamergh of the 

 king as of his lordship of Penwortham by 

 a rent of 31. nd. ; William his son and 

 heir was fifteen years old ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 43. This pro- 

 perty was soon afterwards acquired by 

 Thurstan Tyldesley of Wardley and passed 

 to his son Thomas, as appears by their 

 inquisitions ; ibid, x, no. 44, 27. 



17 One James Bradley in 1560 claimed 

 a windmill, &c., in Kellamergh and 

 Bryning as son and heir of John, son and 

 heir of James, son and heir of William 

 (son of Thomas) Bradley and Margaret 

 his wife, on whom the tenement had been 

 settled in the time of Henry VI ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 207, m. 9 d. 



18 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 232. John Bradley son of James was, 

 as already shown, engaged in suits respect- 

 ing lands in the manor of Bryning from 

 1583 onwards ; Ducatus Lane, iii, 131, &c. 



19 James Bradley died at Bryning in 

 1617 holding messuages, lands and wind- 

 mill there, and other lands in Kellamergh, 

 Wrea, Freckleton, Kirkham and Warton. 

 No share of the manor was claimed. He 

 left a widow Ellen and a son and heir 

 Edward, then thirteen years of age. It is 

 recorded that the Bryning lands were 

 held of the lord of Stockport in socage by 

 the rent of a pair of gloves at Easter ; 

 those in Kellamergh were held of the 

 king ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), ii, 79, 80. 



20 Gillow, Blbl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. i, 

 287 ; Foley, Rec. S. J. ii, 178. 



21 The estate of James Bradley the elder 

 was ordered for sale in 1652; Index of 

 Royalists (Index Soc.), 41. James Bradley 

 the younger, 'having been ever con- 

 formable,' put in a claim, but the estate 

 was sold to Bartholomew Hesketh of 

 Aughton ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 21617 ; Cal. Com. 

 for Comp. iv, 3010. The two Jameses were 

 probably the brother and son of Edward. 



